Business and familial strategy of the honey - and candle-making family Oslaković from Samobor Cover Image

Poslovna i obiteljska strategija samoborske medičarsko-svjećarske obitelji Oslaković
Business and familial strategy of the honey - and candle-making family Oslaković from Samobor

Author(s): Sonja Kirchhoffer
Subject(s): History of Church(es), Business Economy / Management, Oral history, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Family and social welfare, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010)
Published by: Hrvatsko etnološko društvo
Keywords: crafts; Samobor; family; oral history;

Summary/Abstract: Using the oral history method, the article analyses the factors of survival of the family Oslaković from Samobor, dealing with honey- and candle-making craft, on the market in the time of great political and economic changes from the 1930s till the present. The analysis shows that family is a very flexible category which, accompanied by an adequate business strategy, plays a crucial role in business success.

  • Issue Year: 39/2009
  • Issue No: 32
  • Page Range: 91-116
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: Croatian